WEBVTT BEN HUTCHISON HAS DETAILS FROMUNION GROVE.>> LEIDER PARK IN UNION GROVE ISA PLACE FOR FAMILIES ANDCHILDREN TO ENJOY TIME OUTDOORS, BUT IT IS ALSO WHERE18-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS BEECHER ISACCUSED OF COMMITTING MORE THANONE CRIME.I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ANYPARENT OF A 13-YEAR-OLD WOULDHAVE A VERY STRONG ISSUE WITHTHIS 18-YEAR-OLD AND HISRELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE TO BRING13-YEAR-OLDS.>> -- THOSE TWO 13-YEAR-OLDS.RACINE COUNTY SHERIFFCHRISTOPHER SCHMALING CAN'T TALKABOUT ALL THE DETAILS BECAUSETHE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING BUTTHE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYSEARLIER THIS MONTH, WHILE AT THEPARK, BEECHER TACKLED A GIRL ANDKISSED HER ON THE CHEEK, THENPULLED ON HER BRA, AND TRIED TOPUT HIS HAND DOWN THE FRONT OFHER PANTS.IT SAYS HE ALSO SLAPPED HER.ANOTHER VICTIM TOLDINVESTIGATORS THAT THE DAYBEFORE THE INCIDENT, BEECHERTRIED TO GET IN THE CAR WITH HER, ASKED IF SHE WANTED A HUG.SHE DECLINED, AND SHE HAD TOBEND HIS FINGERS BACKWARDS.BOTH GIRLS JUST 13-YEARS-OLD.YOU CAN CONFIRM HE KNEW THESEPEOPLE?>> HE DID.HE KNEW THEM FROM THENEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU WILL.>> NOT ANY LESS DISTURBING TOSHERIFF SCHMALING.HE SAYS INVESTIGATORS ACTEDQUICKL>> THIS FRIENDSHIP WASDEVELOPING WELL BEYOND THAT OF ANORMAL FRIENDSHIP.I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A

An 18-year-old man is accused of inappropriately touching two 13-year-old girls in Union Grove.

"I can assure you, any parent of a 13-year-old would have a strong issue with this 18-year-old and his relationship with these two 13-year-olds," Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said.

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Schmaling couldn't talk about all the details because the investigation is ongoing, but the criminal complaint says earlier this month, while at Leider Park, Nicholas Beecher tackled a girl and kissed her on the cheek. He then "pulled on her bra, and tried to put his hand down the front of her pants."

He also slapped her, the complaint says.

Another girl told investigators the day before that incident at the park, Beecher tried to get in a car with her. He asked if she wanted a hug, but she said she declined. She said he kept trying and she had to bend his fingers backward.

Schmaling said Beecher knows the two girls from his neighborhood.

"This friendship was developing beyond that of a normal friendship," Schmaling said. "I'm glad we could put a damper on this before it could go any further, and he has been arrested."